# Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Act 2023, Section 12: Offence of providing false information to obtain a licence

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(1) A person commits an offence if the person knowingly or recklessly makes a false or misleading statement for the purposes of obtaining (either personally or for another person) a licence under section 4 or 10.
(2) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale (or both).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2023/1/section/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/hunting-with-dogs-scotland-act-2023/section-12
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